Originally Posted by
Dina
Is a walking foot the same thing as a stitch regulator? I really don't know.
No. A walking foot feeds both top and bottom layers of fabric evenly. You can think of it as adding feed dogs to the top of the fabric. Without it, the bottom layer tends to get moved by the feed dogs while the top layer tends to get pushed by the pressure foot instead of fed.
Are you trying to free-motion quilt? I don't think you want to be using a stitch regulator unless you are free-motion quilting. Stitch-in-the-ditch is never done with free-motion quilting. It is typically done with the feed dogs up and just a longer-than-normal stitch. If the feed dogs are up and stitch length is not zero, then why would you use a stitch regulator? (I am not up on the newer machines, so maybe I am wrong about this; if so, someone please explain!)